LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: YOON, Juhan, KIM, Jongryul, LEE, Manseok, KIM, Jeongwoong, JIN, Donghyun, SHIN, Jinhyouk
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.08.2022
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus comprising a cabinet (100) having an opening formed in a front portion thereof; a drum (200) rotatably provided in the cabinet to accommodate laundry; a driving unit configured to provide power to rotate the drum (200);a base (800) forming a bottom side of the cabinet (100) and disposed below the drum (200) to provide a space through which air in the drum (200) circulates or in which moisture contained in the air is condensed; and a heat exchange unit (900) comprising a heat exchanger (910, 920) seated on the base (800) to condense the moisture contained in the air or to heat the air and a compressor (930) configured to supply a refrigerant for exchange of heat with the air to the heat exchanger, wherein the base (800) comprises: a circulation flow path part (820) extending in a forward-backward direction in a region below the drum (200) to circulate the air in the drum (200), the circulation flow path part (820) being provided with the heat exchanger disposed therein; a compressor installation part (811) disposed so as to be spaced apart from the circulation flow path part (820), the compressor installation part (811) being configured to allow the compressor to be seated thereon; and a water collection part (860) communicating with the circulation flow path part (820) to collect water condensed by the heat exchanger, and wherein a length of the water collection part (860) in a width direction is equal to or longer than a length of the compressor (930) in the width direction.